Elastic heel for boots and shoes.



J. H. RUBIN.

ELASTIC HEEL FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 8, 191a.

1,096,51 5. Patented May 12, 1914.

JACOB H. RUBIN, OF NEW 'HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

ELASTIC HEEL FOR IBOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Application filed December 8, 1913. Serial No. 805,305.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAcon H. RUBIN, a citizen of the United States,.residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven. and State of Connecticut, have invented 'a new and useful Improvement in Elastic Heels for Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, 1n-

Figure 1 a plan or face view of a heel provided with a wearing block constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 a side view of the same. Fig. 3 a sectional view on the line ab of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 a sectional tiew on the line c-d of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 a perspective view of the wearing block, detached. 1

This invention relates to an improvement in elastic heels for boots and shoes, the object being to provide an elastic heel with a wearing block and so anchor that block in the heel that in wear it will not break the heel; and the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims;

In the common construction of. rubberheels metal washers are -embedded at intervals in the heel through which washer nailsare driven to secure the heel in place, these washers tending to prevent the rubber from tearing away.

, In carrying out my invention, I employ a plate 2 rounded at its opposite ends and formed with perforations 3, the perfora- .-tions corresponding in distance to the distance usually provided. between two washers, and so that the perforations provide passages for the nails by which the heel is secured in place. Formed integral with the plate 2 is a block 5 preferably substantially triangular and extendin beyond the plate toward the edge of t e heel and also toward the wearing surface of the heel. The outer edge 6 is preferably curved corresponding to the curvature of the heel. Heels with their wearing blocks are made rights and lefts as it is desirable that the wearing blocks should be located at the rear and to the outer edge of the heel 4. These blocks with their plates, are inserted during the process of forming the heels so that they are firmly embeddedin. the heel, and the blocks project so as to provide surfaces which take the wear usually imposed upon the rubber. Preferably, and as shown in Fig. 5, the wearing surface of the block will be transversely grooved or roughened which will tend to prevent slipping. 4

I claim -1. An elastic heel having a metal plate embedded therein,. said plate formed at opposite ends with perforations and with an integral downwardly extending block located at the rear end 'of the center of the plate beyond which it projects.

2. A wearing block for rubber heels comprising a plate formed at opposite ends with perforations and with anintegral downwardly extending block located at the rear edge of the center of the plate beyond which it projects.

' In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib- -1ng witnesses.

J. H. RUBIN. 

